Monday, July 21, 2014

Dill Leaves Rice

Everyone knows I am crazy about food. This is just a part of my craziness tasting good. I had nothing at home except dill leaves and i was craving for something with rice,,,,

Ingredients
Serves 3
2 cups Basmati rice soaked for half hour
4 cups water
2 cups chopped Dill Leaves
1/2 cup green peas soaked overnight
1 large onion chopped
8-9 cloves garlic chopped
1 tsp jeera
1 lemon juice
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp refined oil
1 tsp ghee
salt and red chilli powder to taste

How to make
Take oil and ghee in a cooker
Add jeera, garlic and onion. Saute until onion is transparent.
Add Dill leaves, saute for 3 minutes on low flame.
Add green peas, saute.
Add Turmeric powder, red chilli powder, salt and water.
Add rice.
Let water come to boil. Add lemon and close lid.
Turn off heat after 5 whistles.

Please note,
you can add tomato instead of lemon.



Serve hot with Raita.

Pindi Chole Biryani

This recipe is completely my own and I am not sure about the authenticity of the same.

Ingredients
Server 4
3 cups Basmathi rice soaked for half hour
1/2 cup peas soaked overnight
1 cup Channa soaked overnight
2 potatoes cut into fingers
2 onions roughly chopped
4 tomatoes finely chopped
1 large carrot
7-8 beans
2tsp ginger garlic paste
1 inch cinnamon
4 cardamom
6 clove
1 tsp jeera
2 bay leaf
2 large tsp chole masala
1/2 tsp red chilli powder
2 tbsp ghee
1 lemon
Salt to taste
2 cups kokam water
4 cups water

How to make
In a cooker, take Ghee
Add the garam masalas-Jeera cinamon cardamom cloves n bay leaf.
Add ginger Garlic paste and onion. Saute until onion is transparent.
Add tomato, salt and red chilli powder, Saute until oil separates.
Add all the vegetables, channa and Chole masala. Saute.
Add Kokam water. Bring to boil.
Add the rice and the remaining water.
Once the water comes to boil, add the lemon juice, close the lid.
Turn off hear after 4-5 whistles.



Serve hot with Raita...

Thursday, July 17, 2014

Creamy Mushroom Parsley Mac

Ingredients
Serves 3

For macaroni
3 cups bambino macaroni
6 cups water
Salt to taste
1tsp oil

For sauce
7-8 mushrooms plus another 6-7
5 cloves garlic
5-6 whole cashew nuts
Handful parsley
100ml amul cream
1tbsp olive oil
1/2 tsp Oregano
Water for consistency
Salt n pepper to taste

Preparing macaroni
Bring the water to boil.
Add salt
Add macaroni.
Cook until mac is 90% cooked.
Strain the excess water.
Add oil,  mix well.

For the sauce n bringing them together.
Take mushrooms,  cashews, garlic, parsley, and grind to paste.
Take oil in a wok.
Add the remaining mushrooms chopped as u desire.
Add salt and Sauté until mushrooms are cooked.
Add the mushroom parsley paste. Sauté for 5 mins on medium flame. Add salt,  pepper,  oregano n cream. Add water or milk for consistency.
Mix well. Turn off heat.
Add macaroni and keep aside closed for 5 mins before serving.
Serve hot with garlic bread.


Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Creamy Potato Pineapple Mac Salad

Ingredients
Serves 4
1 small pineapple
10 baby potatoes
2 large tomatoes
1 large capsicum
1 large carrot
2 cups macaroni
50ml cream
1 cup milk
2 heaped tsp corn flour
Pepper powder to taste
1 tsp mixed herbs
1 tsp ginger garlic paste
2tbsp oil
Water
Salt to taste

How to make:
Boil the baby potatoes in cooker and skin them.
Deseed tomato and dice them.
Skin the pineapple and dice them.
Skin the carrots and dice them. Dice the capsicum. Fry them both in 1tsp oil.
Mix potato capsicum carrots tomato pineapple. Add salt. Keep aside.
Boil water, add salt and macaroni. Cook,  drain excess water and add to the above. Let it cool.

Take 1tbsp oil.
Add ginger garlic paste.
Fry for a minute or 2 on low flame.
Add milk n let it come to boil.
Add pepper,  salt,  mixed herbs.
Then add cornflour mixed in water. Let it boil until it thickens and the required consistency is arrived. Add thecream. Close and Let it cool.
Once room temperature,  mix with the macaroni.



Creamy Potato pineapple mac salad is ready to relish. ..